I first read the enchiridion of epictetus as a teenager and it is one of the books that has most shaped the way I think about the world
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with at times greater and lesser success one of the things I have aimed for most is the ability to be unperturbable
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he was a stoic, very big on duty, remaining placid in the midst of circumstance, utter indifference to anything out of one's power
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to him, one has power over one's feelings, and must keep them in check, and no power over things that happen to one and so must not care
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dude was pretty stalwartpic.twitter.com/agYgoWDxgA
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but lately I have come to decide the better approach is to put as many things in one's control as possible
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stoicism is dignified, but it is better to strive
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stoicism isn't "don't strive" it's, "don't be emotionally invested outside of the act of striving"
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striving is within your power, the result of it is not
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there is a rather heavy emphasis on the idea that you ought to fulfill the role you are given rather than try to reach another
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